7. SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY

Saint Paul University in Ottawa is a Catholic and bilingual institution administered for more than a century by the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Entrusted with civil (1866) and pontifical (1889) charters, Saint Paul University has been federated with the University of Ottawa since 1965.

As a Catholic institution, Saint Paul University is dedicated primarily to an understanding and integration of Christian faith and life. It intends to pursue this task in a spirit of ecumenical openness and with a critical awareness of the forms of Christian life already existing or now emerging within modern cultures and societies.

As a centre of higher learning, the University intends, within the local, national and international academic community, to promote excellence in teaching, research and professional formation. It endeavours as well to serve diverse Christian communities and socio-cultural organizations and, in collaboration with them, to try to meet the challenges presently confronting Church and society.

Thus, by participating in the evangelizing mission of Christ, the University hopes to contribute creatively to the humanization of society.

8. METROPOLITAN ANDREY SHEPTYTSKY INSTITUTE OF EASTERN CHRISTIAN STUDIES

The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies is named after the primate of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Andrey Sheptytsky (1865-1944), who dedicated his life to the furthering of East-West understanding and rapprochement between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. 

Founded in 1986 at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, the Sheptytsky Institute relocated to Saint Paul University in September 1990 and since May 1992 it became one of the academic units of the Faculty of Theology, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Eastern Christian studies.

The Sheptytsky Institute specializes in East-Western Christian studies with special but not exclusive emphasis on the tradition of the Church of Kyiv. Its main interests lie in the fields of theology, liturgy, spirituality, history and ecclesial polity of the Eastern Churches, Catholic and Orthodox.

Seminarians are encouraged to visit the Chapel of Saints Joachim and Anne where members of the University community can participate in the liturgical life of the Eastern Churches in English, French, Ukrainian and other languages. Students can also make use of the Sheptytsky Institute's reading room where among its large collection of books and periodicals one can find the Institute's very own refereed journal, Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies.

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